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Sonntag, 13. Juli 2014

Griechenland baut den ersten eigenen Satelliten

First Greek Satellite Launched Today

by Daphne - Jul 12, 2014
Greek Satellite1A group of Greek scientists will send Greece to space by building the first Greek satellite which is scheduled to be launched today a little after midnight (Greek time).
It is a low-cost satellite, particularly small in size, the construction of which not only sets new standards in the field of space technology, but also enables our country to become an innovative force in the field of Aerospace. The name chosen for the satellite,“Λ-Sat,” refers directly to Greece by using the Greek alphabet letter Λ ( lamda).

Despite
the fact that more than 15 Greeks researchers and employees in
universities and institutions around the world worked for the
construction of the satellite, the man behind the whole project is
astrophysicist and Professor of Aerospace Engineering at the San Jose
University in Silicon Valley, California, Periklis Papadopoulos. “I
named the team that worked on this project “Greek Minds in Action” since
only Greek origin scientists worked for the construction of the
satellite. Among them is a group of 6 children who came from Greece and
stayed in California for about eight months until the project was
completed, while our collaboration with the University of Aegean and
Professor Nikitas Nikitakos was very valuable,” Mr Papadopoulos said on
Proto Thema newspaper.

The Greek scientist aims to put Greece on
the world map of Aerospace technology and emphasized that not only
cutting-edge technology used to build the satellite but also all the
electronic systems were constructed from scratch, gaining thus an
extremely valuable knowledge for our country, in case it wants to take
advantage of it.

The construction of the Greek satellite cost
about $ 100,000, while the project was funded by Greek and
Greek-American entrepreneurs. Excluding those who helped financially in
order to advertise themeselves, the biggest amount of money was given by
a Greek expatriate. “He is an expatriate, not a very rich one, who
loves Greece deeply. Since he has requested to remain anonymous, I can
only say that he comes from Messinia,” Mr Papadopoulos said.

The
“Λ-sat» will be in orbit around the Earth for about a year for
telecommunication purposes firstly, showing in real time the movement of
all Greek merchant ships, particularly those sailing in the Indian
Ocean and off the African coast and thus helping to protect them from
piracy through the AIS, and secondly for scientific purposes since the
first graphene test will be conducted in space.
You can watch the launch live here
- See more at: http://usa.greekreporter.com/

First Greek Satellite Launched Today

by Daphne - Jul 12, 2014

Greek
Satellite1A group of Greek scientists will send Greece to space by
building the first Greek satellite which is scheduled to be launched
today a little after midnight (Greek time).

It is a low-cost
satellite, particularly small in size, the construction of which not
only sets new standards in the field of space technology, but also
enables our country to become an innovative force in the field of
Aerospace. The name chosen for the satellite,“Λ-Sat,” refers directly to
Greece by using the Greek alphabet letter Λ ( lamda).